Autumn 2011 - Issue 23
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The Autumn 2011 issue includes the following features.
Famous Fleets
John Griffiths
Alan Faulkner investigates John Griffiths’ business which operated a fleet of boats from a base at Bedworth on the Coventry Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Historical Profiles
Montgomery Canal
Peter Brown looks at the curious history of a country waterway that is one of today’s longest running restoration projects
You can view an excerpt here.
Life Afloat
Sabey's Wide Boats
Mark Pullinger looks through the Ray family album of rare photographs of narrowboat-style wide craft at work in West London
You can view an excerpt here.
Canals That Never Were
Berks & Hants Junction Canal
Richard Dean traces proposals to link the Kennet & Avon to the Basingstoke Canal
You can view an excerpt here.
Picturing the Past
Traffic on the Weaver
Colin Edmondson looks through photographs taken on Cheshire’s major river navigation throughout the 20th century
You can view an excerpt here.
A Place in History
Tooley's Boatyard
Hugh Potter discovers 220-year-old history in Banbury’s modern shopping centre
You can view an excerpt here.
Working the Waterways
A Boatman's Diary
Robert Davies reads the diaries of boatman Charlie Foster who worked on some of the last short-haul traffics around Birmingham and the Black Country
You can view an excerpt here.
